Hypertension in a residential home for the elderly in Penang, Malaysia

Medical Journal of Malaysia

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 18-20

  Ong, Hean Teik ^a   Oung, L S ^b   Ong, L M ^c   Tan, K P S ^d  

^a HT Ong Heart Clinic   (Malaysia)

^b Silver Jubilee Old Folks' Home   (Malaysia)

^c Penang Adventist Hospital   (Malaysia)

^d WAWASAN OPEN UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Elderly; Hypertension; Residential home

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; COMMUNITY LIVING; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREVALENCE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SOCIAL STRESS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALAYSIA; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE;

EID: 77958067269     PISSN: 03005283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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